After 8 boys and 10 girls, Sima Zalmanov, 47, from Tzfas, gave birth to a boy last week, her 19th child blei ayin hora. The new boy was born in Rebecca Ziff Hospital in Tzfas, where the staff knows her well.
Sima admits, “It came as a surprise. I thought at this age, I would not have more children but we are excited over the gift”. Sima, who has been married for 27 years, is the principal of the city’s Chabad high school for girls. Her eldest child, a son, is 26. Six of the couple’s children are married.
Sima and her husband are waiting for the birth of their eighth grandchild due next month I”YH.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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8 Responses
kein yirbu!
MAZEL TOV to Mr. Zalmanov and her husband, to all the brothers and sisters and to all the the baby’s nephews and nieces! Much naches from all the kinder!
oops. #3 should have read “…to Mrs. Zalmanov…”
k’h! mazel tov! much nachas always.
19? ad mayoh v’esrim!
Why is this “news”?
# 7 why all the negativity? this is good news! do you only want to hear tragedies?
WOW! kein ayin hora